In her latest newsletter, current AEW TBS Champion and NJPW Women’s Strong Women’s Champion Mercedes Mone’ talked on Shane McMahon, the ‘Mr. McMahon’ docuseries and the AEW roster.
“The portion where I think many of us were trying to figure out was Vince’s relationship with Shane. It seemed like a generational cycle, watching Vince’s relationship with his own father. I could see a young man in Shane who just wanted to make his Dad proud, as Vince seemed to be with his own father. To see Shane’s passion for that, as well as his passion for wrestling, moved me…Seeing Shane’s incredible heart and passion for wrestling makes me think he has a lot of unfinished business. It also makes me think is Shane coming to AEW? I’m here for it, and I’m sure our roster is too. Regardless, it just seems like Shane belongs in the wrestling business. I admit if he doesn’t come back to wrestling, it will make me sad for him. I know what it’s like to be removed from what you love and how sad it made me. I imagine he feels the same way…On to the big white elephant in the room, as in the big Vince McMahon Netflix documentary, as I said last week, I couldn’t wait to watch. Watching all six episodes, honestly, I was a little disappointed and didn’t feel like there was too much new for me…I’ll say this, as I watched, I couldn’t believe that I got to work for Vince, what a crazy genius he is, and how he really elevated wrestling to a whole stratosphere. He created a universe fans have enjoyed for decades and still do. He made wrestling larger than life. He did it all, and he tried it all. And he failed so many times, too. Where the business is at today is all because of him and his ideas. And that’s what I really liked it.”
This past summer during AEW’s residency at the Esports Stadium in Arlington, Texas for Collision and ROH events, Tony Khan and Shane McMahon met at a local airport. Most recently, AEW EVP’s and current World Tag Team Champions the Young Bucks posted a photo of themselves with Shane at an airport following the Grand Slam episode of AEW Dynamite in Queens, New York.
The six-part ‘Mr. McMahon’ docuseries in available now on Netflix.